Award for young Czech artists won by Eva Kotakova

The prestigious Jindrich Chalupecky Award for young Czech artists has been won by Eva Kotakova. The artist, who is 25, combines performance with sculpture; she was selected from a short-list of five artists under the age of 35. The Chalupecky award includes a six-week stay in New York and a cash prize totalling CZK 150,000. The work of Kotakova and the four other short-listed artists is currently on show at galleries around Prague.